Definition of clap

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Clap (n.) A striking of hands to express approbation.

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Paunch :: Paunch (n.) The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper..
Clapboard :: Clapboard (n.) A stave for a cask.
Personification :: Personification (n.) A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstract idea is represented as animated, or endowed with personality; prosopop/ia; as, the floods clap their hands..
Clap :: Clap (v. t.) To strike; to slap; to strike, or strike together, with a quick motion, so, as to make a sharp noise; as, to clap one's hands; a clapping of wings..
Clap :: Clap (v. i.) To enter with alacrity and briskness; -- with to or into.
Afterclap :: Afterclap (n.) An unexpected subsequent event; something disagreeable happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end.
Clapperclaw :: Clapperclaw (v. t.) To fight and scratch.
Clinker-built :: Clinker-built (a.) Having the side planks (af a boat) so arranged that the lower edge of each overlaps the upper edge of the plank next below it like clapboards on a house. See Lapstreak.
Clapped :: Clapped (imp. & p. p.) of Cla.
Clap :: Clap (v. t.) To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands together; to applaud; as, to clap a performance..
Gonorrhoea :: Gonorrhoea (n.) A contagious inflammatory disease of the genitourinary tract, affecting especially the urethra and vagina, and characterized by a mucopurulent discharge, pain in urination, and chordee; clap..
Clacker :: Clacker (n.) One who clacks; that which clacks; especially, the clapper of a mill..
Spat :: Spat (v. t.) To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together; as the hands..
Popularity :: Popularity (n.) Something which obtains, or is intended to obtain, the favor of the vulgar; claptrap..
Clap :: Clap (n.) Noisy talk; chatter.
Claptrap :: Claptrap (n.) A contrivance for clapping in theaters.
Clap :: Clap (n.) The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
Weatherboard :: Weatherboard (n.) A clapboard or feather-edged board used in weatherboarding.
Clapping :: Clapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cla.
Knacker :: Knacker (n.) One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand; -- called also clapper..
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